Today marks 25 years since the Opening Ceremony of an event called the Australian National Junior Disability Games.

The event was held in Perth, Australia, and attended by all of the Australian State teams, along with a team from New Zealand.

Included in that team are two current staff at ParaFed Canterbury, along with a number of athletes who are still involved with our organisation today.

1999 Paralympics New Zealand Junior Team
Jenny Wilkes, Dunamis Brown, Diane Adam, Shaun Foley, Josh South, Ken Sowden, Jono Nelson, Scott McKenzie, Michael Wilson, Kathy Barwell, Paul Salisbury, Hadleigh Pierson, Alex McIntyre, Jill Irvine

Article added: Thursday 11 April 2024